Chennai/IBNS, Feb. 26 -- Tamil actress Ranjana Natchiyaar dumped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and crossed over to actor Vijay's political outfit TVK in a blow to the saffron camp in Tamil Nadu, media reports said.

Natchiyaar, who joined the BJP eight years ago, quit the saffron party amid the claims that the Centre is aiming to impose the Hindi language through National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

Natchiyaar said she had a fallout with the BJP as she was not in agreement with the party's several policies including the alleged Hindi imposition.

Just a few days ago, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin reiterated his firm stance against implementing the NEP 2020 in the state, declaring that even an offer of Rs 10,000 crore from the C...